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1 Feb. 1809

Accordingly, to make the moresurer sure of presenting mistakes
when at the conclusion of this as of other sermons
a reflection or two under the stile and title of practical
comescame to be made, a diversion is created, andthe mind of the hearer is made
is effectually termed used. from all such ideas as those
of publicity and evidence. "Which reflections show"
(says he) - Well? what is it that they What do they shew? Had the word "known"
stood alone, what they might have been thought to show
would have been that the general rule acted under
the individual falls deemed to have come under that rule and
that the evidence by which the existence of these facts had been considered
as established there ought to be present to the
minds in which the knowledge in question is stated
as requisite to be planted. [+] But to the purpose of [+] This is what they might have been understoodthought to shew and the word known stood alone, this is what they might have been thoughtunderstood to shew
the Reverend Doctor and his system any any such conception
would have been fatal. Accordingly, and that, by the
show of severity the absence of efficiency might be
concealed from view, up starts a crime, the imputation of
which he makes as if he would fasten upon the objects
of his protectionfavour: " which reflections show (says he, that the admission
"of extrinsic or oblique considerations, in dispensing
"the power of pardon, is a crime in the authors and
"advisors of such unmerited particularly, of the same authors
with that of corruption in a Judge."

With Of the same nature, yes: with only one difference,
and that so slight, as in the account of the Reverend
Doctor to have been passed by as not worth notice: and this is viz.
that, for corruption in a Judge, it is in some cases possible, (such
as receipt of hard money for a dastardly purpose)though in no case -case very easy, for the Judge to be punished, whereas for the sort of corruption which the Reverend Doctor has been describing, such as the obtaining of a pardon forin the sense of solicitation, friendship, tiating and gratifying political attachments, and so forth, the danger of punishment can not be stated with a serious face.

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Identifier: | JB/107/260/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 107.
Date_1	1809-01-01	Marginal Summary Numbering	6-7
Box	107	Main Headings	law versus arbitrary power (a hatchet for dr paley's net)
Folio number	260	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e59
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	th 1806
Marginals	pr1	Paper Producer	andre morellet
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1806
Notes public		ID Number	35251
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